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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [173r] (345/817)
The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1938-1 Jan 1946. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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PRICE STABILIZAION REGULATION No. 16
Dated: 18th Mordad 1322.
In pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Law of 13 Ordibe-
hesht, 1322, and in order to supplement and explain Regulations Nos. 14 &
15, the following Regulation is issued:
1. The basis for the collection of the 1322 grain Crop will be the
Decree of the Council of Ministers No. 3109 of 18Ordibehesht, 1322, except
with regard to those places where circumstances may require a deviation
from the Decree: and, in such places, the Cereals & Bread Section is au
thorized with the approval of the Administrator Ceneral of the I inanccs,
to put into effect a modification of the Decree.
2. The transportation of grain from village to village is free without
permit, except that a permit will be required when such transportation i«
through a city.
3. Landlords who reside in Tehran may be permitted, after the
first of Mehr, provided they have fulfilled their engagements to the Go
vernment, to deliver at their villages out of their surplus a quantity equal
to the requirements of their households in 1 ehran: and the Cereals and
Bread Section will then deliver to such households an equal quantity a-
gainst bread coupons and inscription on identity cards. I he Cereals & Bread
Section may also, at its discretion, permit a landlord to import grain into
Tehran and other cities to meet the requirements of his family, such grain
to be checked at the Silo or other appropriate place against bread coupons;
and in such cases the permit will be taken and kept by the Cereals &
Bread Section.
4. In view of the authorization given to the Cereals & Bread Section
in Regulation No. 14, the Cereals & Bread Section will deliver in Tehran,
on and after 1st Mehr, 1322, grain or flour to householders against bread
coupons and inscription on identity cards; the price to be not more than
5000 Rials per ton for grain and 5500 Rials per ton for flour. The final price
will be determined by the ( ereals & Bread Section.
5. In the cases provided for in Articles 3 and 4 above, the quantity
of wheat or flour allowed to each member of a family must be the same;
und will be not less than the following:
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Papers reporting on the financial situation in Iran, sent by staff at the British Legation at Tehran (Horace James Seymour; Reader William Bullard) to the Foreign Office, London. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/3 ‘Persia. Financial situation’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3394).
The file includes:
- Covering letters enclosing copies of the monthly Bulletin , produced by the Bank Melli Iran (also referred to as the Mellié Iran Bank, and Banque Mellié Iran). The copies of Bulletin are not included in the file (although some front covers do survive), however the covering letters give short summaries of their lead articles.
- Details and estimates for Iran’s annual budgets, with numerous statistical tables.
- Correspondence dated December 1939 to February 1940 relating to irrevocable documentary confirmed credits (irrevocable letters of credit) opened by Bank Melli Iran through banks in India (ff 356-361).
- Copies of laws passed by the Iranian Parliament, including a law relating to war credits and treasury bills (in French, f 334), a Law for the Prevention of Hoarding (ff 325-329) and an Income Tax Law (ff 262-271).
- Correspondence and budget reports dated 1943-1944, produced during the takeover of the administration of Iran’s Finance Ministry by a mission from the United States, led by Arthur Chester Millspaugh.
At the front of the file (ff 4-200) are fourteen monthly reports of the Administrator General of the Finances of Iran (Millspaugh), produced according to the Solar Hijri calender, and dating from Ordibehesht 1322 (equivalent to the Gregorian calendar date of 22 April to 22 May 1943) to Mehr 1323 (23 September to 22 October 1944). The reports, which also contain lists of staff of the Iranian Ministry of Finance and its connected organisations, summarise Iranian finances. Many of the reports contain a map of Iran (for example, folio 185), showing borders, roads and railways, major towns and cities, and districts, which are numbered 1 to 10.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (407 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The file’s correspondence begins at folio 202 and ends at folio 407. Printed reports occupy the front portion of the file (with an enclosing note, ff 4-201), and are also arranged in reverse chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 408; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3396
- Title
- Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’
- Pages
- 187r:200v, 176r:186v, 162r:175v, 149r:161v, 138r:148v, 126r:137v, 109r:125v, 84r:108v, 68r:83v
- Author
- Bank Melli Iran
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